Air con retrofit pressure testing

[cRaigAl205]

Hi there,


I'm in the midst of retrofitting a complete air con system to my 205 GTi, I was wondering if you had any suggestions for somewhere to pressure test the individual components- I'd really like the evaporator pressure tested before installing it behind the 30+ year old brittle plastic dashboard etc!

A few garages I've contacted so far can only do the entire system using the fill valve.

Any suggestions welcome!

Many thanks,
Craig

[dingg]

Rig up an airline and test it yourself ,only need a couple of fittings an air supply (an electric tyre inflator) and receptacle large enough ,or soapy water spray

[richhead]

any heat exchanger repair company should be able to test that, take the evaperator off first tho

[TwinKam]

Any proper air con engineer would be able to, too.
NB A garage/fast fit with a regassing machine and a ½ day course on using it is not necessarily one of the above.

[s p a c e m a n]

Couple of fittings, a foot pump and a bucket of water?